1 Kings 12:9

He said to them, “What should I say to the men who are asking me to reduce the work and taxes that my father required from them?”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

In Context

8But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now ◄his advisors/the ones who told him what would be good to do►.

10They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:5But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”

2 Chronicles 10:9He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the work and taxes that my father required from them?”

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:2-16

The Folly of Rehoboam. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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